I would try using Tinker Tool. Your display may have a hard time with the font smoothing Apple uses. Go to font smoothing in Tinker Tool and raise the number to like 32. Log out and back in. If the fonts still look bad there's something wrong with your display.

You don't actually need TinkerTool to adjust the font smoothing. There is an option for it in the SysPrefs. If you're cool and have Tiger(I don't) you could probably just search for "font smoothing" in the search window the the SysPrefs._________________Computer Engineer
Junior, Brown University
15" NC8430 HP Laptop
1.42Ghz PPC Mac Mini, 1Gb RAM, 1st Gen
40GB G4 iPod
2GB Black iPod Nano

You don't actually need TinkerTool to adjust the font smoothing. There is an option for it in the SysPrefs. If you're cool and have Tiger(I don't) you could probably just search for "font smoothing" in the search window the the SysPrefs.

im a complete OS X noob though...been using windows/dos based products since 1990 and win xp since 2001ish

i just set font smoothing to strong and it fixed some of the blurring/double image (not all of it, its still rather annoying and not 'crisp')...but bold fonts are now rather smooshed together...there has to be a better way

bah, this is the suck...i cant find anyone anywhere on the web with a similiar problem

Correction: "teh suck"

But yeah, I would recommend taking it back. You will probably want to keep the widescreen, it actually is a productivity booster. Always, if possible, use DVI (though the Mini has a problem with that sometimes) because the signal is clearer and it's digital and all the flim-flam._________________Computer Engineer
Junior, Brown University
15" NC8430 HP Laptop
1.42Ghz PPC Mac Mini, 1Gb RAM, 1st Gen
40GB G4 iPod
2GB Black iPod Nano

Sorry Tinker Tool didn't work out for ya! I was thinking you didn't like font smoothing. It sounds like you got a bad display.

I don't know much about Westinghouse displays. If you take it back look at some Samsung, LG, Sony, and ViewSonic displays. These brands will probably serve you better over the long run and have a sharper picture._________________My Setup